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Audience vomits and faints during new James Franco film
By NerveOctober 30th, 2010, 5:40 pmComments (20)
It seems that the new film by everyone's favorite ubiquitous actor/author/academic superstar, James Franco, is not for the squeamish.
According to the Sun, paramedics were summoned to the U.K. premiere of 127 Hours, after audience members started fainting. In the film, Franco portrays Aron Ralston, the true-life mountain climber who cut off his own arm after it got trapped under a rock.
And that wasn't the only reaction.
As one witness put it, "A man got up in the row behind me to rush out but he was sick in the aisle before he managed to get out." This comes on the heels of two people fainting at a U.S. screening earlier this month.
An unconfirmed rumor (started by me) has it that Franco was actually one of the paramedics on the scene, and was working on a John Keats dissertation in the ambulance on the way over.
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I hope they're vomiting for the right reason.
What's the right reason for vomiting? Please share. =)
What's the right reason for vomiting?
Oh come on now. The movie can't be that bad. Can it?
I just mean I hope they're vomiting for the gore factor, not the quality of the film.
Another good reason to vomit is to expel a huge overdose of prescription pills. But I don't want to burden you guys.
I'm hoping that these reports are part of the marketing campaign and you're falling for it.
I saw Aron give a talk about the experience and it was really intense just listening to it. I could see this being a real thing.
People are a bunch of pansies, toughen up damn.
sometimes if you eat bad fish you also vomit
what a worthless article.. at least mention why.. awful writing AGAIN
the guy had to cut off his own arm with a dull blade because he was trapped by a boulder...i watched him on tv after it happened, and just listening to him talk about it makes one want to vomit...
the movie is about a guy cutting his hand off. think people. some lightweights couldn't handle the movie because it was too realistic
this is a lame marketing placement... no more
Maybe they all ate contaminated food from the same candy bar... haha
They did mention why you idiot. Because of the part where he cuts off his arm. Go back to English class and learn how to read.
So he cut his arm off. Big deal, I do that all the time!
Passions of the Christ i can see but a mountain climber????
I was there at that screening and can confirm that no parademics were called and no one threw up and/or fainted. Also, never believe in what the sun says.
Didn't actually happen. This guy's trying to start an internet rumour to see how far it'll spread.
Don't give him the satisfaction